XI year old Autechre Album Released: Exai (WARP234)

Just posting here to compare the two threads...

The second half of the second disc is where it's at for me. I listen to the run of spl9 - YJY all the time.

recks on was incredible on early listens and I remember thinking it would get old after a while.. was wrong. It gets better and better.

dat ae, so damned dependable.

We've got live bootlegs, cancer benefit track and new LP for 2015 to look forward to!

  On 9/21/2014 at 4:51 AM, hello spiral said:

 

 

new LP for 2015 to look forward to!

WAT????

The Ae tour cancelled thrad contains tidbits.

Ace. Thanks mate.

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really amazing album. 1 1 is, deco Loc, and YJY UX are the best tracks IMO.

2015 Ae is unspokenly expected anyhow due to their regular release schedule. dependable as fook.

  On 9/21/2014 at 4:16 AM, Boxus said:

 

 

recks on was incredible on early listens and I remember thinking it would get old after a while.. was wrong. It gets better and better.

so true ....so true

2015 sounds so IDM

  On 9/21/2014 at 2:04 PM, xox said:

 

  On 9/21/2014 at 4:16 AM, Boxus said:

 

 

recks on was incredible on early listens and I remember thinking it would get old after a while.. was wrong. It gets better and better.

 

so true ....so true

 

The Krakow set included a track that was similar to recks on. I mean it had a very heavy straightforward hip hop beat with some amazing fuzzy bass. One of the highlights of the show for me. I hope it will be released at some point.

Reading Pitchfork's gushing Best New Music review of Syro today make me angry again about the 5.9 they gave to Exai.

Hypothetical: If the promo CD from Warp to Pitchfork labelled as Syro "accidentally" contained the consensus ten best tracks of Exai instead of the Syro album what would the pitchfork score have been? 9.5? 9.8?

I like that Ae releases records every 2 years, but one has to wonder how the hype machine could get going if this was their first album in eight years like it was for BoC/ Aphex / Daft Punk.

Small print: This is not mean to be a diss on Syro or Aphex.

exai and autechre in general are too genius and works of genius by definition are those that're understood in future (we all know how ae music works and how many yrs we usually need to really understand their albums, don't we?) so i'm not surprised with the pitchfork's 5.9.

Why would anyone care what P4K thinks about electronic music? 'Tis not an area of their expertise.

  On 8/2/2014 at 4:52 AM, bphax said:

deco Loc and 11 is are favs from the album, and I think 1 1 is might be one of their best of all time. Not to say that oversteps/move of ten were bad, I love oversteps, but I think they really stepped up their game with longer expansive tracks on Exai

Yes. 1 1 is is almost a completely flawless track. And even with "flaws" it is one of the best tracks I have ever heard throughout all genres. Amazing.

Also, anyone else noticed/loving the very subtle dying "heartbeat" at the end of bladelores? A beautiful moment. And at the very end of bladelores the super-hidden melody under the noise.

is 18 (keyosc) really not available anywhere in 24 bit??? augh

Exai is the album that keeps on giving.

And recks on just keeps on getting better and better...

  On 9/23/2014 at 4:04 AM, Jev said:

Also, anyone else noticed/loving the very subtle dying "heartbeat" at the end of bladelores? A beautiful moment. And at the very end of bladelores the super-hidden melody under the noise.

yes, i like that side-chained kick and the hidden melody. exai is full of moments like those.

@roksen

i have recks on on repetae. such balls!

so trill

  On 9/23/2014 at 4:04 AM, Jev said:

Also, anyone else noticed/loving the very subtle dying "heartbeat" at the end of bladelores? A beautiful moment. And at the very end of bladelores the super-hidden melody under the noise.

Sounds like a guy singing "all on my own" or something too, very nice ending.

  On 11/6/2014 at 2:10 PM, Roksen Creek said:

And recks on just keeps on getting better and better...

seems i just bought the very last exai cd bleep had in stock!

I think the Fleure - Irlite intro is one of the best of any of their albums. Fleure is underappreciated and Irlite is brilliant.